"The Demon of Unrest": Erik Larson on the first shots of the Civil War

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  • čas přidán 27. 04. 2024
  • Beginning on April 12, 1861, over the course of two days, more than 3,300 shells and cannon balls rained across Charleston Harbor towards Fort Sumter, the first shots fired in the Civil War. Correspondent Anthony Mason visits the fort with bestselling author Erik Larson, whose latest book, "The Demon of Unrest," explores the events leading up to the bombardment and what Larson calls "the single most consequential day in American history."
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Komentáře • 67

  • @barbaradougherty334
    @barbaradougherty334 Před 22 dny +40

    This was amazing and gave me chills. We just came home from vacation and we were at Fort Sumter! Worth every penny for the ferry ride and tour if you're a history person!!

    • @marytheresejacksonlutz2533
      @marytheresejacksonlutz2533 Před 22 dny +3

      We loved Fort Sumter and Charleston. I learned so much

    • @eleanor5117
      @eleanor5117 Před 22 dny +5

      Gave me chills, too. My old hometown! Walked around that battery area many a time as a child and adult. Moved away in my 40’s. Love where I live now, the North Georgia Mountains - but sights from Charleston still tug at this old Charlestonian’s heart!

    • @Awakeningspirit20
      @Awakeningspirit20 Před 20 dny

      I have seen Fort Moultrie many times but never Sumter somehow, though you can easily spot it from Charleston! I have a lot of family in Charleston and we used to go every Christmas, though I guess they just weren't fans of the ferry ride or something. I'll get out there at some point.

  • @SK-lt1so
    @SK-lt1so Před 22 dny +11

    It's amazing how far from the shore the fort is when you see it in person.

  • @ericolsen9819
    @ericolsen9819 Před 22 dny +20

    He is an outstanding historical fiction author. The Devil in the White City is an amazing read with a ton of fascinating history. One of my favorite books.

    • @michaelschramm1064
      @michaelschramm1064 Před hodinou

      Pretty certain Larson is an author of history and not historical fiction.

  • @rl3293
    @rl3293 Před 22 dny +20

    His books are fantastic!

  • @peternighswander9629
    @peternighswander9629 Před 20 dny +1

    Just received his book today. So far I think it’s one of his best. I love Erik

  • @djdollase
    @djdollase Před 22 dny +6

    Just finished watching a great bio series on Abraham Lincoln on History channel. It spoke of this fort and it’s great significance.

  • @user-nz8ml2jr1w
    @user-nz8ml2jr1w Před 22 dny +5

    Erik Larson is one of the best! I enjoyed “The Devil in the White City”, “Dead Wake” and “Isaac’s Storm”. Now I’m looking forward to “The Demon of Unrest”.

    • @michaelschramm1064
      @michaelschramm1064 Před hodinou

      I read those three as well. Then when I read in the first sentence of his new book that he compares January 6 to 1860 I knew I had to stop reading and return it to the library.

  • @shamammap8054
    @shamammap8054 Před 22 dny +14

    Can’t wait to read Mr Larson’s new book.

  • @LeeF945
    @LeeF945 Před 22 dny +15

    I learned to ride horses from general beauregards great great granddaughter r, who was my mothers best friend. She died in April 2023

  • @johnphillips1858
    @johnphillips1858 Před 20 dny +1

    "And our flag was still there"

  • @GeraldYniguez
    @GeraldYniguez Před 21 dnem +2

    Feeling all warm and fuzzy Yankee's

  • @ns281
    @ns281 Před 20 dny +3

    CZcams USUALLY CENSORS MY COMMENTS
    CZcams USUALLY CENSORS MY COMMENTS

  • @myradioon
    @myradioon Před 21 dnem +2

    The Confederates fired on and turned back a supply ship first that was trying to resupply the Fort.

    • @zachtaylor598
      @zachtaylor598 Před 20 dny +2

      was actually those crazed college kids from The Citadel!

  • @jude999
    @jude999 Před 19 dny

    Anderson was at Ft. Moultrie when SC seceded. The move of his soldiers to an empty Fort Sumter was perceived as an act of aggression against the South.

  • @zpy-nq7wv
    @zpy-nq7wv Před 10 dny

    DEO VINDICE.

  • @BlastedKat
    @BlastedKat Před 19 dny +1

    If you want a real shock push all politics aside and dig deep into what the civil war was really about.

  • @Temporal_Assassin
    @Temporal_Assassin Před 22 dny +2

    It is interesting that they fly the flag of the time, rather than today's flag of 50 stars. Not to many parks you can get away with that in.

    • @jackpavlik563
      @jackpavlik563 Před 22 dny +1

      A historic site, seems right to fly the flag of the period.

    • @ck1578
      @ck1578 Před 21 dnem +1

      Fort McHenry flies the flag at the time it was attacked - that particular flag became pretty important!

    • @Temporal_Assassin
      @Temporal_Assassin Před 21 dnem

      No, argument here, just interesting.

  • @matstarcher7630
    @matstarcher7630 Před 21 dnem

    Would have been fired from or WAS fired from..

  • @your_royal_highness
    @your_royal_highness Před 22 dny +6

    600-750k would die during the war, not killed. Disease took the most lives

    • @BBean1
      @BBean1 Před 22 dny +5

      @your_royal_highness: WITHOUT WAR CONDITIONS, THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HAVE CAUGHT THOSE DISEASES... LOL

  • @SimCityEA1989
    @SimCityEA1989 Před 17 dny

    That is the worst cannon sound effects I've ever heard of...
    At least give us the immersion of it-

  • @DVu-ki7nn
    @DVu-ki7nn Před 22 dny +2

    No Shogun ??? Neh😎.

  • @BBean1
    @BBean1 Před 22 dny +14

    CONFEDERACY IS 0-1 & WILL BE 0-2.

    • @jakeruffin9433
      @jakeruffin9433 Před 19 dny +1

      Why do you people hate the thought of the south wanting to be its own nation? I dont understand? Most of you hate the south but want us to not leave ?

    • @BBean1
      @BBean1 Před 19 dny +2

      @@jakeruffin9433 If you want your own country, LEAVE THE USA AND START IT SOMEWHERE ELSE!

    • @jakeruffin9433
      @jakeruffin9433 Před 19 dny +1

      @BBean1 so with that logic, we should still be under brittish control . You're a smart one.

    • @BBean1
      @BBean1 Před 19 dny +1

      @@jakeruffin9433 JUST LEAVE! BYE!

  • @FrankBurnsie
    @FrankBurnsie Před 18 dny

    The Union major in charge of the fort looks to be about 20 years older than what I’d expect a major to be, and the Confidante general looks to be about 20 years younger than the average general. What a topsy turvy world the American Revolution was.

  • @dondon6655
    @dondon6655 Před 21 dnem +2

    America today seems to be repeating history. God knows if we will save the country.

  • @treborretsnom6186
    @treborretsnom6186 Před 22 dny +1

    🇺🇲🫡

  • @1JamesMayToGoPlease
    @1JamesMayToGoPlease Před 22 dny +2

    As tragic and brutal as that war was, it *had to happen!*

  • @BeefCake1012
    @BeefCake1012 Před 17 dny +1

    Lost Causers: “The Civil War was about State’s Rights!”
    People with critical thinking skills: “State’s Rights to do WHAT?”
    Lost Causers: “ WELL… YOU SEE.. THEY.. 😡🤬”

  • @Uliseslima-kr9op
    @Uliseslima-kr9op Před 16 dny

    The losers of the civil war

  • @MediocreMedic123
    @MediocreMedic123 Před 21 dnem +3

    Northern aggression

  • @aw1078
    @aw1078 Před 22 dny +6

    Those were the MAGA days.

  • @thisguy73
    @thisguy73 Před 21 dnem

    As Donald Trumpf said, Gettysburg was "beautiful"

  • @ECMann-dr1sb
    @ECMann-dr1sb Před 22 dny

    5:21 Is clearly an AI generated imagine. Correct me if I’m wrong but I’m certain. Is Sunday morning really getting this lazy?

    • @eleanor5117
      @eleanor5117 Před 22 dny +10

      If you’re talking about the picture of the battlefield dead, search for:
      “A Harvest of Death is the title of a photograph taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, sometime between July 4 and 7, 1863. It shows the bodies of soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, stretched out over part of the battlefield.”
      A real photograph taken during the civil war by Timothy H. O’Sullivan, not AI generated.

    • @eleanor5117
      @eleanor5117 Před 22 dny +8

      I’m old. I’ve seen this picture in historical books about the civil war long before the internet, long before AI. It might look surreal because of the stiffness of the bodies. They were there for a while before the pictures were taken. Rigor had set in.

    • @myradioon
      @myradioon Před 21 dnem +5

      Dude 51,000 men died at the Battle Of Gettysburg where that picture was taken. More deaths in one battle than in some entire wars

  • @ns281
    @ns281 Před 20 dny +1

    CZcams USUALLY CENSORS MY COMMENTS
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    • @jjj1951
      @jjj1951 Před dnem

      You must give them good reason

  • @ns281
    @ns281 Před 20 dny

    CZcams USUALLY CENSORS MY COMMENTS
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